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	8 of 10 customers choose Windows 7, says PC builder Given a choice, customers of a Pacific Northwest PC system builder overwhelming pick Windows 7 over the newer Windows 8, the company's president said Thursday. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC IT's Next Transformation To remain competitive organizations need to manage the relationship between IT and the business. Megatrends like virtualization, consumerization, cloud computing, and mobility are forcing a new model for operating IT. Read the interactive guide to learn more. In this Issue External disk storage shipments surpass 7 exabytes in Q3 Microsoft dives into social networking pool with Socl California sues Delta Airlines for lack of mobile app privacy policy Google to start charging small businesses for Google Apps Foxconn eyes expanding its manufacturing in the U.S. AMD cuts chip orders to GlobalFoundries as PC market slumps Judge pleads for 'global peace' in Apple-Samsung fight Xerox, PeopleSoft service provider in software project dustup Netflix investigated for CEO disclosures on Facebook Former Anonymous member convicted in attacks against PayPal, MasterCard, Visa Advocates: Free market doesn't work for online privacy Robert L. Mitchell: BlackBerry 10: Better mousetrap for enterprise mobile Richi Jennings: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is naughty on Facebook, says SEC WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc. Simplifying the Transition to Exchange 2010 Summers Labs relied on a bare-bones AS/AV product, until a plan for a complete infrastructure refresh opened the door to a more comprehensive solution. Read this case study to learn how a cloud-based email management solution greatly simplified the company's transition to Exchange 2010. Learn More. External disk storage shipments surpass 7 exabytes in Q3 IDC today released its Disk Storage Tracker, showing steady growth in external storage systems worldwide for the third quarter. Read More Microsoft dives into social networking pool with Socl Microsoft opened up the doors to Socl, a new social network started in its Research FUSE Labs Read More California sues Delta Airlines for lack of mobile app privacy policy California's attorney general has sued Delta Air Lines for failing to include a privacy policy within the company's mobile application, an alleged violation of the state's Online Privacy Protection Act. Read More Google to start charging small businesses for Google Apps Google has ended a free version of its Google Apps online application suite for small businesses, saying it wants to provide a stronger and more uniform experience to users. Read More Foxconn eyes expanding its manufacturing in the U.S. Foxconn Technology Group is considering expanding its existing manufacturing operations in the U.S., in a move that could be linked with Apple's plan to bring back Mac manufacturing to the country. Read More AMD cuts chip orders to GlobalFoundries as PC market slumps Advanced Micro Devices has cut orders to contract chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries, expecting a "choppy demand environment" in the next few quarters. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Big Data, Big Innovations Think big data, and think opportunity. That is, think beyond storing and managing data, and leverage analytics to derive more value than imaginable from your business intelligence. This white paper offers a forward thinking, collaborative approach to analyzing data and changing the way you think about business. Learn More. Judge pleads for 'global peace' in Apple-Samsung fight At the end of a long court hearing in California on Thursday that saw Apple and Samsung argue over a $1 billion damages award granted to Apple this summer, Judge Lucy Koh had a simple yet optimistic request: global peace. Read More Xerox, PeopleSoft service provider in software project dustup Xerox is being sued by systems integrator CedarCrestone over payments related to an Oracle PeopleSoft upgrade at insurer CIGNA. Read More Netflix investigated for CEO disclosures on Facebook The SEC has launched an investigation into U.S. online video giant Netflix after the company's CEO posted user numbers on his personal Facebook page instead of an official release by the company. Read More Former Anonymous member convicted in attacks against PayPal, MasterCard, Visa A 22-year-old U.K. man was convicted for his involvement in a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks launched by the hacktivist group Anonymous against PayPal, MasterCard, Visa and other companies in 2010. Read More Advocates: Free market doesn't work for online privacy Web and mobile device users have little understanding about how much of their personal data is collected online, making it difficult to rely on free-market competition for solutions to privacy concerns, privacy experts told the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Read More Robert L. Mitchell: BlackBerry 10: Better mousetrap for enterprise mobile Clearly, the BlackBerry 10 is designed for business first, and clearly, the competition is designed for consumers first. Is that a competitive advantage? Yes. And no. Read More Richi Jennings: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is naughty on Facebook, says SEC Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) is in big trouble with the SEC. Reed Hastings, its CEO, posted information to his Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) page that the regulator says was "material" to investors. The SEC's Notice says the company should have put it in a conventional press release to investors, so that it was in the public domain. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder why a public Facebook post, on a public page, available to a billion users isn't public enough. Read More
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